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Living Will Form - Arkansas
An Arkansas Living Will - sometimes confused with an Advance Directive - is a document that allows an individual to clarify their wishes regarding health care and treatment in case of temporary or permanent incapacity.
The form must at the very least address the three following topics:
- The election of an agent or a healthcare proxy;
- Life support;
- Palliative care.
An Arkansas Living Will is defined by § 20-17-201 to § 20-17-218 of the Arkansas Code . The document may be executed by any individual of sound mind and eighteen (18) or more years of age and must be witnessed by two (2) individuals. Not valid if pregnant.
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What Is an Arkansas Living Will?
A Living Will is a document used if a patient is for any reason unable to express their decisions and desires related to end-of-life medical care. The will comes into effect when a person is incapacitated to the point where they are no longer able to actively take part in making the decisions for their own life or unable to direct their physician to do so.
An individual has the right to print a will with the objective to give it to the medical personnel in order to inform them about the type of care they wish to have or wish to avoid in situations of terminal illnesses or incapacitation.
How to Make a Living Will in Arkansas?
A basic will of this variety can be completed without a lawyer or an attorney. Generally, all Living Wills in Arkansas include the following sections:
- A designation of health care proxy - a third party tasked with making any and all healthcare-related decisions on the patient's behalf.
- General provisions - the general wishes concerning healthcare, custody and medical treatment.
- Life-sustaining medical treatment - provisions regarding life-support, tube feeding, surgeries, antibiotics or medication.
- Comfort and pain relief - the patient may choose any treatment even if it results in hastening the death or a temporary addiction.
- The agent's obligations - the agent must take the patient's personal values to the extent known to them into consideration.
- End of life decisions - including the provisions regarding the withholding or withdrawal of treatment.
- The patient's statement and signature - the patient must certify that they are fully aware and completely understand the contents of the document.
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